Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this tornado warning at May 3, 1994, 4:16 PM CDT for Okaloosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1994, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Okaloosa County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 22 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPNS 032117 TORPNS FLC091-032145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENSACOLA FL 416 PM CDT TUE MAY 3 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PENSACOLA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA ...OKALOOSA COUNTY OKALOOSA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR NICEVILLE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
FLZ011-013-031810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 106 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 1994 AT NOON CDT (1 PM EDT) STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ELSEWHERE OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH GEORGIA...THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
FLZ011-013-031810- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 106 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 1994 AT NOON CDT (1 PM EDT) STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER HOLMES AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE COUNTIES OF JACKSON AND CALHOUN DURING THE NEXT HOUR. HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ELSEWHERE OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTH GEORGIA...THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
FLZ014-031830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 115 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 1994 AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINING TO MOVE INTO NORTH GULF COUNTY WEST OF WEWAHITCHKA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY TODAY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEST. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 3, 12:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
FLZ014-031830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APALACHICOLA FL 115 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 1994 AT 115 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN APALACHICOLA FLORIDA INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEGINING TO MOVE INTO NORTH GULF COUNTY WEST OF WEWAHITCHKA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY TODAY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER TO THE WEST. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL BROADCAST STATIONS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:50 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
FLZ017-018-019-028-032145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 450 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 1994 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LEON COUNTY CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA...THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 445 PM EDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. IT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR NEAR THE TOWNS OF WACISSA AND LAMONT. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT WOODVILLE AROUND 420 PM AS WELL AS KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES IN AND AROUND THE TALLAHASSEE AREA. SINCE MOVING OUT OF LEON COUNTY THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. &
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:50 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
FLZ017-018-019-028-032145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 450 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 1994 ...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR LEON COUNTY CANCELLED... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHERN GEORGIA...THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 445 PM EDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. IT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HALF HOUR NEAR THE TOWNS OF WACISSA AND LAMONT. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT WOODVILLE AROUND 420 PM AS WELL AS KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL TREES IN AND AROUND THE TALLAHASSEE AREA. SINCE MOVING OUT OF LEON COUNTY THIS STORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT STILL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 12:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 43 min |
| May 3, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 57 min |
| May 3, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Liberty | 51 min |
| May 3, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 48 min |
| May 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Okaloosa | 40 min |
| May 3, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 52 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.